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Waiting For What's Next (8/30/99)
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But for those of you tuning in just after the big keynote, you're probably asking yourselves, "What now?" Sure, you're excited about how Steve surprised us all by skipping the G4 hype entirely and pre-announcing the Power Mac G5 available in 2002 and slated to ship in Herringbone and Tweed, but there's always that post-keynote depression that sets in once all the surprises have been revealed. It's kind of like Christmas: there are months of hype, and finally when all the presents have been opened, there's that lingering empty feeling that can only be filled by scarfing all of the cookies and engaging the rest of the family in drunken arguments of the "you're a lazy, shiftless bum/well I didn't ask to be born" variety.
Luckily, with Apple announcements, you don't have to wait another 364 days to get giddy with anticipation again. See, Apple's considerate enough to spread out its announcements and product introductions so you can spread your rabid tingly "What'll it be?" speculation over the entire course of the year; it's Christmas all year 'round when you're an Apple watcher. Just think: the iBook hasn't started shipping yet, and there's a new iMac just around the corner. At some point, Apple's going to have to address both of these issues, and it'll probably have to be sometime relatively soon.
What's that? You say your post-keynote-depressive self needs something more concrete than "relatively soon" or you'll go mad with vagueness and ennui? Well, okay-- how about rumors of a big Apple shindig on September 25th? A source who shall remain nameless wrote in to mention his financial analyst friend being invited to an "Apple Party" on that date, possibly to be held at Webster Hall. It's a party intended to promote "something," but whether it's to celebrate the iBook's availability or to start the media buzz for the next iMac is left as an exercise for the viewer. But whatever it is, it'll be big, if the rumors are true-- several AppleMasters will apparently be in attendance, and small town rock god John Cougar is said to be playing the gig. Holy Pink Houses, Batman! Disinformation? Sorry, that's up to you to decide...
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 8/30/99 episode: August 30, 1999: Seybold is upon us, and soon all the guesswork will dissipate in the light of Big Steve's Awesome Truth™. Meanwhile, the next big Apple event appears to be a star-studded extravaganza on September 25th-- new iMac? Shipping party for the iBook? And game giant GT Interactive allegedly pirates a funky little game by a small software developer...
Other scenes from that episode: 1749: Browsers At The Ready (8/30/99) So the day is finally upon us-- Big Steve's Seybold keynote address. And while the topic of what will be unveiled has generated more speculation than tulip bulbs in seventeenth century Holland, probably no one other than Steve really knows exactly what's in store... 1751: Bill Would Be Proud (8/30/99) Switching gears entirely, have you heard about this new lawsuit between StarPlay and GT Interactive? StarPlay is a company that makes games for Macs and PCs; we know about them because their '50s bowling simulation, Alley 19, is a real hoot-- it's one of the few games we keep installed on our main boot disk, and we've given away a few copies that were rattling around in our Baffling Vault of Antiquity™ Of course, StarPlay is relatively obscure when compared to entertainment giants GT Interactive, who put out a ton of "A-list" games on the PC side and incorporate MacSoft for Macintosh games that everyone's heard of...
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